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Forever Autumn - A Falls Prevention Project - Initial Project Overview
The presentation outlines the Forever Autumn Falls Prevention Programme at St. Mary's Hospital, aiming to enhance falls awareness among staff while implementing a revised falls policy and risk assessment tool. It details the project's work streams focused on assessment, education, and the development of training resources for staff and patients. The initiative will use blended learning approaches and emphasizes evaluation through feedback and collaborative opportunities.
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- 1. Forever Autumn Falls PreventionProgramme for St Mary’s Hospital, Phoenix Park - 2012 Presentation 3rd February 2012 Daragh Rodger, CNS - Health Promotion and Assessment of the Older Adult Anne Spencer, Clinical Educational Technologist, PETAL
- 2. Forever Autumn I amnot falling for you Forever Autumn
- 3. Overall Aim •Devise afalls awareness programme for all staff (clinical and non- clinical) illustrating the potential for falls amongst our client group •Introduce and implement the: •Revised St Mary’s Falls Policy •Falls Risk Assessment Tool
- 4. • Welcome • Wherewe have come from.... • Where we are going.... • Timescales • Project Team • Project Lead Daragh Rodger • Educational Technologist Anne Spencer • Project Meetings - Open to all staff Overview
- 5. • Work Stream1 - In Progress • Review of falls within the hospital in 2011- Who?, How?, Where?, When?, & Why? • Comparison to 2008 • Identify risk factors • How we can we reduce falls - lessons learnt • Literature Review - Cochrane Database – High Level Findings Work-Streams
- 6. • Work Stream2 • Falls Committee - Falls Assessment • Review and Selection of Falls Assessment Tool for St Mary’s • What, Why and How • Implementation = Education Work-Streams
- 7. • Work Stream3 - Development of Educational Resources For: • Staff • Clinical • Non Clinical • Clients / Families / Carers • Other Healthcare Providers Work-Streams
- 8. Teaching Approach • BlendedLearning • “Bite Size” Education Video F2F Web Based Work Based Learning
- 9. • Work Stream4 - Implementation, Assessment & Evaluation • Implementation -staff training initiatives ( all residential areas and rehabilitation falls strategy, falls assessment tool - blended approach, ? use mobile technology, HSEland, high impact visual • Signage for falls risk in clinical areas • Staff Assessment • Project Evaluation - local feedback and national/international presentations, benchmarking and collaborative opportunities Work-Streams
- 10. What is yourrole?
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- 12. Thank you -Suggestions or Questions?